The Commute from Hell
I have heard so much lately about how much my morning commute is going to suck for a while during the time that most of northbound I-5 will be closed for much needed repairs to the roadway and overpasses. Yeah, whatever. My bus is rerouted and it has added about 15 minutes to my commute. Big freakin’ deal.
I never imaged that my commute home could be worse! Today there was a fire on southbound I-5. Probably from some dim-witted sh*t-head throwing a lit cigarette out their car window. It was so bad that most of the highway was shut down through the area and the back up was over 9 miles long. So, All the buses that travel south on I-5 were rerouted. It took me an extra hour to get home. Two hours held hostage on a metro bus. I thought I was going to go insane!
And then when I didn’t think it could get worse the trash family got on with their kid covered in some sticky substance (I later deducted the goo was chocolate milkshake—how healthy!) The woman just nails my knee and my entire shin with this really dirty umbrella stroller and doesn’t even say excuse me. The bus driver has to ask her to fold the stroller up and put it under the seat to prevent further damage to me. And she acts surprised that he is concerned about it.
I move farther over to get away from her after she sat her dirty ass down next to me and she takes this as an invite to move sticky mutant child next to me! I am sorry. I don’t hate kids. I do hate parents that do not have a clue about how to be parents. I don’t want this kid touching me. I don’t want her dirty little shoes on me because her Mom does not care enough to teach her not to stand on the seat and kick me continuously for about 2 blocks. She does not care enough to tell her not to grab my hair with her gross little fingers. It was just a nasty end to a really bad bus ride.
Just as we were getting to my stop the radio on the bus announced that the fire was out and rerouting was over.
When I got home I also found out that no houses burned although it had been close for a while.
It SOOOO good to be home!
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[Dee leans on microphone stand, ala Seinfeld]
What IS the deal with these strollers? There does seem to be a particular type of parent who believes that the stroller is impervious to damage, and therefore they can throw it around with their kid inside, and never worry about them (or anyone else) coming to any harm. Parents who push strollers out into busy roads while "jaywalking" always annoy me... but I don't much enjoy getting my ankles bitten by their evil wheels either! Darn them... darn them to heck!
Ohhh...parents like that woman get on my last nerve! Puhleeze! You are taking your child into public...clean him/her up a little bit. There is water available everywhere! If your stroller bumps somebody; apologize! sheesh! Show some common decency and manners.
One more thing: take a bath and use deoderant, too.
I'm sorry your commute is longer than usual. I hope the construction goes quickly and you are back to 'normal' sometime soon.
Clean is one of the few really cheap feel-goods.
And strollers are a menace, right up there with backpacks.
Some times you want to go home and nail the door shut.